Join our active community of people taking part in sporting events for fitness, fun, competition or just to finish. Sportiva Events organises over thirty running, swimming, biking & multisport events across Devon & the South West: triathlons, duathlons, aquathlons, open water swims, running races, cycle sportives & gravel rides.
Exeter Trail Races Sat 22nd March
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We have a dedicated events team but also rely on volunteers to deliver our events safely. It’s a fun morning or afternoon that’s much appreciated by the competitors
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What we do
Our mission is to deliver excellent endurance sports events to a wide range of ages & abilities. Our events include triathlons & duathlons, open water swimming, gravel and road cycling sportives & road & trail running races.
We work hard on delivering excellent events. And that is a challenge as no venue is perfect and dealing with landowners, traffic, councils, the general public & other stakeholders can be tough.
We couldn’t deliver these events without a great team of people including Helen Simcoe Walker, Nigel Evans, Dawn Lamerton, Rachel Harvey, Maria Nimmo & Tim Mockford.
Ben Tisdall
Highlights from Past Races and Events
We have some amazing event locations in Devon. These range from the English Riviera, featured in our home page video to the Torbay Velopark which is one of the very best venues in the country for kids & beginners: 100% traffic free venue with a 25m pool, a velopark on smooth tarmac & a parkland run all in close proximity.
An event to suit everyone
Events for all ages & abilities
Events for beginners
We try to be inclusive with our events and encourage all ages & abilities. Even the Brownlee brothers were beginners once. And for a lot of people there’s satisfaction in just finishing a multisport event.
Cycling Events on Road & Gravel
We organise a range of cycling events on road & gravel. Our road events include the Lands End 100 and the Taunton Flyer. Off road we have the Haldon Heroic, Devon Grit & Cornwall Grit.
Advice for Junior Triathletes
Our events are great for kids of all ages. We have events for ages 3+ & even have a mini triathlon (swim, bike, run) for ages 5-7! We’ve written some articles to help your kids get into taking part.
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LATEST NEWS
Course Marking Disasters – Who’d be an event organiser
On Stage 1 of the 2025 Vaolta ao Algarve last week, over half the peleton went off course just before the finish and appeared on the wrong side of the finish line barriers. The 'winner' of the stage, Filippo Ganna of Ineos had to hang around for a long time, before...
Three Counties Medal
Our three counties medal makes a welcome return for 2025. To qualify for it all you have to do is take part in one of our cycle events in each county. You can mix & match road & gravel events & the full list of qualifying events is below. Somerset Taunton...
Full 2025 Event Calendar now open for registrations
We now have our full 2025 calendar of events listed & on sale. And until 31st December you can save 10% using the code XMAS10 at Checkout Old favourites, like the Roadford Lake Triathlon & the Dartmouth Triathlon are back along with running races such as the...
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‘I Love to compete in the grass roots events that Sportiva Events puts on when my race schedule allows. And son Max loves the kids triathlons & duathlons they stage at the Torbay Velopark.’
Donald Brooks, Sportiva Events Ambassador, European Champion 2019 & Age Group World Champion 2017
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We have a full programme of events throughout the year. Our triathlons, duathlons, runs, gravel rides & open water swims run from March to November. And we have a winter night trail running race to keep you motivated!
